Scottish Showers Help You Get Rid Of Cellulite

In this article we will present a key ingredient to enhance the effects of the anti-cellulite treatment you follow: water. Applied daily, Scottish showers (also called hot and cold water showers) will help you get rid of cellulite quickly.

Nowadays, there are many anti-cellulite treatments available on the market. But for them to really work, we need to adopt a balanced diet and exercise routine.

Hot and cold water therapy

If you have both very cold and very hot water at home, you will be able to take advantage of the benefits offered by cold and hot shower therapy. Also called the “Scottish shower”, this type of shower is practiced in spas and hydrotherapy centers around the world.

Hot water has the ability to dilate blood vessels, while inducing the relaxation of muscles and joints. Instead, cold water causes blood vessels to constrict, reducing inflammation and preventing tissue loss.

Thanks to water with different temperatures, Scottish showers offer the following unique combination of benefits:

• Improving circulation
• Skin tightening
• Improving the appearance of the skin
• Stimulation of metabolism

In addition to all these useful benefits to prevent cellulite, Scottish showers offer other benefits: the gradual strengthening of the immune system, facilitating adaptation to extreme climates and achieving a state of relaxation beneficial to the nervous system.

How are Scottish showers done?

The first time you try Scottish shower therapy, contact with cold water will probably cause you a shock. At first you can use lukewarm water instead of cold water, and showers can be shorter. Eventually your body will get used to the low temperature (in fact, it will seem more and more pleasant to you).

Scottish showers can only target those regions affected by cellulite, but offer benefits to the whole body. Ideally, this therapy should be applied in a not very cool room, where a comfortable temperature reigns.

Here is the procedure:

• 1 minute of hot water followed by 1 minute of cold water
• 2 minutes of hot water followed by 2 minutes of cold water
• 1 minute of hot water followed by 1 minute of cold water
• 2 minutes of hot water followed by 2 minutes of cold water
• 3 minutes of hot water followed by 3 minutes of cold water

Scottish showers should always be closed with cold water, and jets should be applied from top to bottom and from the outside of the body to the inside.

Use an anti-cellulite lotion

After showering, wipe with a lightly rough towel as friction will help your body return to its normal temperature and open your pores. This is the ideal time to apply your usual anti-cellulite cream, the skin being able to absorb its benefits more easily, thus increasing its effects.

If you don’t have an anti-cellulite cream on hand, you can combine a little vegetable oil (almond, coconut, olive or sesame) with a few drops of birch essential oil.

Massage in a circular motion for five minutes, increasing the intensity when you reach the areas affected by cellulite. You can also use an avocado kernel to perform this massage. As soon as the cream has absorbed the lotion, you can dress as usual.

Some final tips

To achieve the desired results as soon as possible, therapy with Scottish showers should be followed every day for two weeks. Then, limit yourself to taking such a shower only once every two to three days. Scottish showers will not only help you get rid of cellulite, but will also improve the appearance of your body.

The results you get also depend on your exercise routine and diet. You will need to do cardiovascular exercise at least twice a week and adopt a balanced diet, avoiding foods such as white sugar, salt, hydrogenated fats and oils, refined flour and alcoholic beverages.

Many people are genetically predisposed to cellulite. But most of the time this problem occurs as a result of unhealthy habits.